Up bright and early for engine-servicing fun. The plan was to do a 250 hour - overdue - service on both engines in a day. This didn't really work out but I did do the port engine.
I have serviced these engines before, and they are quite straight-forward. However, I found that I had forgotten a few wrinkles from the last time so it was a good idea to fully document the process. This is now on the blog. The documenting actually took longer than the servicing!
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| First, gather the bits. |
Had to caveman one part together. When I pulled the anode, the top part disintegrated leaving the remainder in the cap blocking the thread for the replacement zinc. On top of that, the new zinc - supposed to be the one for this engine - is the wrong size. It is too long, and the thread is too small. Using a combination of drill and dremel, I was able to force the thread if the new one into a hole in the old one, and also reduce its length. Good job zinc is a fairly soft metal.
Pub for dinner. Excellent pizza at the bistro.
Location
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| Tin Can Bay |
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